Surrey Infantry Museum Artefacts
Powder Horn Snuff Box
Case 1
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It was carved and carried by a soldier of the Queen Dowager's Regiment. It has a map of North America in 1707 carved into the horn. It was purchased by an Ensign Holdsworth of the Regiment. He had silver embellishments added and it was mounted on a wooden base. He presented it to the Officers' Mess in 1837.
The inscription on the top of the horn reads:
Carved by a Soldier
of the Regiment
1707.
2nd Queen's
Royal Regiment
Presented to the Officers' Mess
By
Ensign Holdsworth
1837
